Synopsis

Two Frogs by Christopher Wormell

Two frogs are sitting on a lily pad and one of them has a stick. The stick, he says, is to beat off the dog. But there is no dog ...yet. So begin the trials of this hapless pair whose adventures build to a brilliant conclusion. A unique book with all the qualities of a timeless fable.

Reviews

A great fable Junior The text is witty and the timing perfect. The frog illustrations are funny and flawless -- Niamh Sharkey Irish Times A shaggy dog story involving runaway imaginations is cunningly created by Chris Wormell The School Librarian

About the Author

Christopher Wormell was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in 1955.
On leaving school in 1973 he studied painting with his father while
working at numerous temporary of part time jobs.

In 1982, inspired by the work of Thomas Bewick, Reynolds Stone and
Charles Tunnicliffe among others, he took up wood engraving. He became a
full time illustrator in 1984 and began writing and illustrating his
own picture books in 1999.

Recent work includes a stamp design for the Royal Mail millennium
set, Neighbourhood Watch images for the Metropolitan Police Force,
package designs for Waitrose and a billboard poster campaign for Adnams
Beer.

His most recent book is The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit, published in the UK by Jonathan Cape in 2004.

His work has been exhibited at The Victoria and Albert Museum (1998),
The Fouts and Fowler Gallery, London (1990) and The Artworks Gallery,
London (1994).

Christopher Wormell lives in North London with his wife, Mary and three children: Jack, Daisy and Eliza.